Southern Snowstorm

We don’t get a lot of snow here in the southeast, but Saturday morning when we got up, there was a dusting of snow on the ground. So here are the promised snow pictures! Those of you in the deep south, eat your heart out, we actually saw snow!

Those of you further north, try not to laugh at the piddling little bit of white stuff we call a snow storm!

Looking out in the backyard, I saw. . .

. . . a little snow, a lot of poultry, and one dog carrying around a HUGE stick!

The bottom pasture was dusted with white, instead of the usual all drab brown.

From there Toby and I headed for the woods. Of course, it too had a bit of snow on the ground, and blown against the tree trunks.

We always check out the creek when we take a walk in the woods.

My other “dog” followed Toby and I into the woods. He likes to rub up against every twig and tree.

The real dog, Toby, would rather hike his leg and pee on every twig and tree, but I spared you a picture of that, ha, ha!

The creek floods frequently, and the banks are eroded, so the exposed tree roots held a drift of snow on them.

Even the slues looked pretty with snowy banks.

By the way, I don’t know if I ever called these little areas of backwater a slue until I met The Farmer. I thought it was just an “Okie-ism”, but he has it right:

We're living the country life and hobby farming in the southeastern U.S. We've become a bit of a retirement home, with one ewe sheep, a female goat, and a pet llama that are getting "up there" in years.

We also have chickens, turkeys and guinea fowl. To keep all the other critters safe, there's a Maremma sheepdog here as well!

I love to take pictures so there are lots of images to go with the stories! Not just of the farm critters, but wildlife and nature shots too. Plus some pictures from far afield now and then, when we do a tad of traveling. So sit down and visit a spell!